Page 7: Historical Events In May - 10

1930  Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 vs Yorkshire at Sheffield on May - 10.   

1930  First US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago) on this day in history.   

1930  1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago) on May - 10.   

1931  Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington NJ on May - 10.   

1932  On May - 10 government declares "Wilhelmus" Netherlands national anthem   

1932  Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes President of France on May - 10.   

1932  On this day in history government declares "Wilhelmus" Neth national anthem   

1933  Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms on this day in history.   

1933  Nazis burn 'un-German' books outside Berlin University on May - 10.   

1933  On this day in history nazis stage public book burnings in Germany   

1933  Paraguay declares war on Bolivia on this day in history.   

1933  Public burning of Jewish and anti-Nazi books on May - 10.   

1933  On May - 10 suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands   

1933  On this day in history the Nazis stage massive book burnings in Germany   

1936  On May - 10 manuel Azaña elected President of Spain   

1936  Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt on May - 10.   

1936  Manuel Azaña elected president of Spain on this day in history.   

1937  On May - 10 busmen strike in London   

1938  Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam on May - 10.   

1938  On this day in history percy McAlister, cricketer (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912), dies   

1940  British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms on May - 10.   

1940  Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks on May - 10.   

1940  On May - 10 dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege   

1940  On May - 10 french marines stationed on Aruba   

1940  On May - 10 french troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands   

1940  Massive German invasion of Holland, Belgium and France begins on this day in history.   

1940  Nazi armies invade the Benelux countries of Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg on May - 10.   

1940  Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 10 euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56   

1941  Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland on May - 10.   

1941  England's House of Commons & Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz on May - 10.   

1941  Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason on May - 10.   

1942  Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74 on May - 10.   

1943  Andre Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged on May - 10.   

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1265  Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) was born on this day in history.   

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on May - 10.   

1604  Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1697  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on May - 10.   

1705  On this day in history birth of gallus Zeiler, composer   

1724  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank) was born on this day in history.   

1727  On this day in history birth of anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)   

1730  George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.   

0238  Death of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered on this day in history.   

0995  On this day in history death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht   

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on this day in history.   

1424  On May - 10 death of go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan   

1493  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on May - 10.   

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on May - 10.   

1566  On this day in history leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65   

1569  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on this day in history.